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- \dropcap{p}
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-laying IF requires just a bit of instruction. All you have to do is read
-the descriptions and situations that appear on the screen and then tell the
-game what you'd like to happen next. Imagine that you're saying "I WANT TO
-..."; you don't actually type those three words, but you *do* type what
-follows, instructing the game to do something on your behalf. Commands
-usually take the form of a simple imperative sentence, with a verb and a
-direct object (for example, typing EXAMINE THE KETTLE will display a
+|P|\laying IF requires just a bit of instruction. All you have to do is
+read the descriptions and situations that appear on the screen and then
+tell the game what you'd like to happen next. Imagine that you're saying
+"I WANT TO ..."; you don't actually type those three words, but you *do*
+type what follows, instructing the game to do something on your behalf.
+Commands usually take the form of a simple imperative sentence, with a verb
+and a direct object (for example, typing EXAMINE THE KETTLE will display a
description of the kettle, TAKE KETTLE will make it one of your belongings,
and so on). If there's more than one kettle around, you can be specific
(TAKE RED KETTLE); otherwise, the game will ask you something like "Which